Wash-board



(No Model.)

M. W. KASE WASH BOARD.

Patented Oct. 3 1882.

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UNTTEE STATES PATENT EETcE.

MATTHElV \V. KASE, ()F DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASH=BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,422, dated October3, 1882,

Application filed December 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lt'nown that I, MATTHEW lV. KASE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danville, in the county of Montour and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWash-Boards, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification,reference being badtherein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to certain new and use ful improvementsinwash-boards; and it consists more particularly in the construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention Figure l isan elevation of my improved wash-board. Fig. 2 is a section on line at xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inside view of one of the sides of the framehaving bearing-plate attached. Fig. 4 represents details showingthemannerof attaching the side pieces,lowereross-bar, and metalbearing-plate together. Fig. 5 represents cross-sections of the tubes.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.-

The frame 0tmy device consists of the side pieces, A A, cross -pieees BB and G O, and head-board D. The ends of the lower crossbar B fit intorecesses c a, formed in the inner faces of the sides AA, and are securedin place by means of removable pins 0 b. The ends of the lowercross-piece O tit into recesses c 0, also formed in the inner faces ofthe sides A A, and the upper cross-piece or bar 0 is dovetailed into orotherwise suitably secured to the sides A A. The head-board D is set inthe center of the space formed by the sides A A and the cross-pieces GO, and thus forms a receptacle on both sides of the board for the soap.

E E are metallic bearing-plates, suitably attached to the inner faces ofthe sides A A, and having slots in their upper and lower ends, intowhich shoulders formed upon the crosspieces B Blit. By this means theupper crosspiece B is held securely in place. Lugs e e are formed uponthe inner sides of the bearing-plates E E, and fit into correspondingrecesses formed in the sides A A, and serve to secure the bearing-plates more firmly to the said sides A A. Diamond-shaped slots ffarecut through the surfaces of the bearing-plates E E, and into these theends of metal tubes F Fare inserted. By this means the said tubes F Fare supported and held in their proper position. The metallic tubes F Fare so set into the diamoud-shaped slots ff as to present acorrugatedwashingorrubbingsurface. These tubes are preferably of aquadrangular form, but with the corners rounded off. By thisconstruction either side of the wash-hoard can be used when desired, asthe tubes are set in the center of the side pieces, and project so as toform a corrugated washing or rubbing surface on each side of the board.

When the edges of any of the tubes F become worn past use, by simplyremoving one of the pins 1) and detaching one of the sides A fromcontact with the lower crossbarB and removing the tube or tubes whichhave become worn, and then replacing them with their worn edges in aline with the sides A A, the edges which have not been worn will thus bepresented for use, and the worn edges will be out of the way. Thus eachof the tubes can be made to presentfourwearingorrubbing surfaces, andhence the board will wear four times as long as an ordinary board. henthe tubes have been adjusted as above, the side A is replaced andsecured in position, and the board is again ready for use.

As the central part of the board is used more than the top and bottomparts, it is obvious that the central tubes will become worn before theones in the top and bottom, and it will be of advantagein this case toremove the slightlyworn tubes in the central part and replace them bythose from the top and bottomparts which are not worn. Thus the centraltubes whose edges are not entirely worn through can be taken out andplaced in the top and bottom partsin the same position as they wereformerly and yet be used toadvantage. By this means the .use of thetubes can be considerably extended.

The edges of the tubes which are in an unused position-that is, in aline with the sides of the frame just barely touch each other, and bythis means the suds are held upon the surface of the wash-board, andthus serve to lubricate the said surface and lessen the labor ofrubbing, and also save a considerable amount of soap; but said edges ofthe tubes do not press so closely'as to become water-tight; hence theunclean water will drip from the surface of the board between thecorrugations and fall into the tub among the unclean clothes.

So far I have described the tubes as being of a quadrangular form; butitis obvious that they can be made round 01 of any other form, and theyalso may be made solid, if desired; The slots in the bearing-plates mustconform to the form of the tubes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described wash-board, consisting of the recessed side pieces,A A, metallic bearing-plates E E, secured to the inner sides thereof,and provided with lugs e and slotsf, the vertical cross-pieces B 13,adapted to rest in slots forniedin the ends ofthemetallichearing-plutes,1

the lower cross-piece having shouldered ends which enter recesses formedin the sides A A, where they are detachubly secured by pins 1) b, thehead-board D, and horizontal crosspieces O G, dovetailed 0r mortisedbetween the upper ends of the side pieces, and the removable tu hes F,adapted to rest in the slotsfin contact with each other, whereby acontinuous corrugated surface is formed on both sides of the board, allthe parts being detuclntbly connected, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonywhereofl aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATTHEW WHEELER KASE.

Witnesses:

J. W. EARLY,

F. R. AMMERMAN.

